21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The West is interested in Armenia only from the point of realization of investments", declared today in the interview to MEDIAMAX the leader of the Democratic party, the ex-counselor of the president of Armenia on foreign policy, Aram Sarkisian.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "Armenia shouldn't blindly believe the declarations of Baku about its readiness for compromises in the Karabakh conflict settlement", declared today in the interview to MEDIAMAX the leader of the Democratic party, the ex-counselor of the president of Armenia on foreign policy, Aram Sarkisian.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has expressed its concerns over negative trends in the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan and has underscored the importance of the government and the opposition working together constructively to ensure a successful electoral process.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The minister of justice of Armenia, David Harutiunian was in Washington, D.C. on July 17-20, who lead negotiations with the World Bank about a credit program directed to the realization of judicial-legal reforms.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Greek State Telecommunications Corporation (OTE) plans to gain more than 77 million dollars in Armenia by 2003. OTE owns 90% of the stocks of "ArmenTel" Co. - the monopolist of the telecomm sphere of Armenia.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The visit of the minister of defense of Armenia, the Secretary of the Security Council at the president Serzh Sarkisian to the USA begins on July 23.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The temporal attorney of Armenia to Iraq Murad Muktirian arrived on July 20 in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad, to take part in the opening ceremony of the embassy of Armenia.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The bill of privatization of the four distributive power networks of Armenia will be considered today at the session of the committee on finance-credit, budget and economic questions of the National Assembly of Armenia.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Today Azeri war captives Sabir Islamov, Kyarman Ragimov and Elnur Kyarimov were transferred from Yerevan to Baku by a UN plane.

21.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Constituent Assembly of Krasnodar regional social organization "Armenian scientific informational-cultural center "Amshen" was held in Tuapsinski district of Krasnodar region of Russia.